Showrunner Craig Mazin explains how TheLastOfUsHBO avoids harmful tropes with Bill & Frank's story: 'In other words, gay people are just an instrument for straight people. And this is certainly not the case here. Their relationship is self-contained.'
Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us episode 3, "Long Long Time".The Last of Us showrunner Craig Mazin explains how episode 3's expanded emotional storyline avoids playing into certain harmful tropes involving gay characters in media. The HBO series is adapted from Naughty Dog's hit series of PlayStation games, with season 1 bringing the events of the original 2013 game to television.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY As part of a larger article published by GQ, Mazin opened up about the production of The Last of Us episode 3, "Long Long Time", where he touched upon how the episode adapted Nick Offerman's Bill to screen and expanded on his and partner Frank's relationship, all the while avoiding toxic and cliché tropes surrounding gay characters in media such as the "bury your gays" trope.
"My feeling about that trope is that it's really about gay characters dying so that straight characters can mourn them and improve their lives and move on. In other words, gay people are just an instrument for straight people. And this is certainly not the case here. Their relationship is self-contained.
In HBO's The Last of Us, Bill and Frank receive a dedicated episode to explore their relationship, telling the story of Bill establishing his territory, how he met Frank and how their relationship blossoms. After helping Frank out of a trap, Bill aids the stranger, only for the two to quickly fall for one another. While Bill and Frank still clash over Bill's isolationist ways, the latter helps Bill open up to new people and experiences.
While The Last of Us has remained faithful to its source material in prior episodes, the series' first major deviation from the game is a much-welcome addition to the series. Not only did the series expand on Bill and Frank's story, but it explored their relationship in a carefully handled way to avoid harmful tropes. Though Bill and Frank's story changed, it perfectly encapsulates the themes at the core of The Last of Us' narrative.
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